Ireland Beat Bangladesh in 1st T 20 of series

Bangladesh was scheduled to play a 7 Match T 20 International series in Ireland in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 4 and 8. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Ireland on 1st Aug 2010. Bangladesh holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Bangladesh won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Bangladesh team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20 international match: Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Syed Rasel, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah Riad, Imrul Kayes,Rubel Hossain, Jahurul Islam

And Ireland team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st T 20 international Match: Trent Johnston, John Mooney, William Porterfield (c), Boyd Rankin, Andrew White, Kevin O Brien, Niall O Brien (wk), Alex Cusack, Gary Wilson, Paul S, George D.

Ireland batted well and was able to post total of 180 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of K O Brien who made 70 runs in 50 balls with 6 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls and N O Brien who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Bangladesh was needed to score 181 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Bangladesh batted well but was unable to chase the target of 181 runs and was able to make only 162 in 19.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 18 runs and with top contributions from S A Hasan who made 40 runs in 30 balls with 1 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 133 runs in 100 balls.

Ireland won the match 18 runs and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Ireland with 4 more games to play.

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